CVE-2023-0911 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-0911

Shortcodes Ultimate < 5.12.8 - Subscriber+ User Meta Disclosure

Vulnerability Description

The WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate WordPress plugin before 5.12.8 does not validate the user meta to be retrieved via the user shortcode, allowing any authenticated users such as subscriber to retrieve arbitrary user meta (except the user_pass), such as the user email and activation key by default.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Erwan LR (WPScan)
  • WPScan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WordPress Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 20th, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.